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Meanings of cobra in English
Russian
cobra Spanish
misil mamba 
1950S anti-tank missile by Bolkow and Oerlikon-Contraves.
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Usage of cobra in English
1
The cobra, or spectacled snake, is the most poisonous snake in India.
2
The cobra, I am told, hypnotises prey in a similar swaying manner.
3
That fight between the monkey and the cobra illustrates this quite clearly.
4
Travers seemed to him to have the quiet deadliness of the cobra.
5
Crawfurd mentions forty species of snakes, including the python and the cobra.
6
As soon as the dog was near enough, the cobra bit him.
7
I'm no naturalist, but I know a cobra when I see one.
8
Hayley has a cobra tattooed on her left arm in green ink.
9
This lamp was supported on the stuffed skin of a hooded cobra.
10
About like a cobra and a mongoose, taking in her present mood.
11
From the next room, Sam says, The smart money's on the cobra.
12
The king cobra devours other snakes, as food, and wishes nothing else.
13
Lindsay's eyes reminded Lex of a cobra she'd seen once on TV.
14
It sways menacingly in the air, like a cobra ready to strike.
15
Colonel Glenn had stared at us with the intensity of a cobra.
16
You have daring, imagination, and no more moral restraint than a cobra.
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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